Report Hijacks, Dead Links, Inappropriate DMOZ Content, and other issues here ONLY

[rudy]

For the category: http://dmoz.org/Arts/Comics/Retailers/

 

403:

http://www.comicsone.com/ - ComicsOne

 

Closed:

http://www.morethanjustheroes.com/ - More Than Just Heroes

 

--

 

For the category: http://dmoz.org/Shopping/Publications/Comics/

 

No data:

http://www.havencomics.com/ - Haven: Comics, etc.

 

404:

http://www.members.shaw.ca/strictlycomics/ - Strictly Comics

 

Closed:

http://www.cbsits.com/elfquest/ - Wolfrider Shop Online Store

[rudy]

Category: http://www.dmoz.org/Arts/Comics/Directories/

 

Hijacks:

http://www.comicbooklink.com/ - Comic Book Links and Resources redirected to => http://www.killerinfo.com/

http://goan.com/comic.html/ - Comics and Cartoons redirected to => http://bestofthenet.tv/ (WARNING: browser crippling applet)

 

Dead:

http://lcg-www.uia.ac.be/~erikt/comics/welcome.html - European Comics on the Web

http://hal.comp.nus.edu.sg/mangarate/htmldocs/ - Mangarate

 

Category: http://www.dmoz.org/Arts/Comics/Creators/Studios/

 

Hijacks:

http://www.angelfire.com/art2/apparition/index.html - Apparition Studios redirected to => http://www.chrismendoza.com/

http://www.steamrollercomics.com/ - Steamroller Comics redirected to => http://www.enterthehive.com/

 

Closed:

http://www.angelfire.com/art/eclipse/index.html - Art of Eclipse

http://www.hirit.50megs.com/ - Artis4Hire Comicbook & Graphic Design Studio

 

Dead:

http://dlee.2020promotion.com/ - Blackdog Studios

http://www.cfca.com.au/ - Cult Fiction Comics Australia

http://www.elfstudios.com/ - Elf Studios

http://www.finearts.yorku.ca/7stories/ - 7 Stories Tall

http://members.brabant.chello.nl/~a.vriezekolk - Vriezekolk Illustratieve Projecten

 

Under Construction:

http://www.geocities.com/marispress/ - Maris Press Comics Studio

[pyatachok]

Category: http://dmoz.org/Computers/Programming/Drivers/

 

Windows Device Driver Blog

http://www.khapre.org/index.php?/driver/index

Blank page and "No input file specified" message.

[lyndaew]

Cleaning up Mexico: Dead links, etc....

 

http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/North_America/Mexico/States/Quintana_Roo/Localities/Cancun/Transportation/Car_Rentals/

 

Auto Xpress Cancun Car Rental http://www.autoxpresscancun.com/ and Prime Rent a Car http://www.primerentacar.com/ have identical sites and appear to be the same company.

 

 

http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/North_America/Mexico/States/Quintana_Roo/Localities/Cancun/Travel_and_Tourism/Travel_Services/Tour_Operators/

 

Cancun Shore Excursions http://www.cancun-shore-excursions.com/ "Server not found" error

 

The 2002 Cancun International Gay Festival http://arco.freeyellow.com/page1.html Has info on 2005 festival. Maybe title should take out "2002"

 

Fiesta Rent Tours http://www.rent-tours.com/ Same site as Auto Xpress Cancun Car Rental http://www.autoxpresscancun.com/ and Prime Rent a Car http://www.primerentacar.com/ Also listed twice in: http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/North_America/Mexico/States/Quintana_Roo/Localities/Cancun/Transportation/Car_Rentals/

 

 

http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/North_America/Mexico/States/Quintana_Roo/Localities/Playa_del_Carmen/Travel_and_Tourism/Travel_Guides/

 

Cozumel Travel CD http://www.tripcd.com/ “server not found” error

 

 

http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/North_America/Mexico/States/Quintana_Roo/Localities/Isla_Mujeres/Travel_and_Tourism/Lodging/

 

Poc Na Hostel http://www.freewebs.com/pocnahostel/ Under construction???

 

 

http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/North_America/Mexico/States/Quintana_Roo/Localities/Playa_del_Carmen/Travel_and_Tourism/Lodging/Hotels/

 

Hotel La Ziranda http://www.hotellaziranda.com/ “no Server found” error

 

Hotel Villa del Mar http://www.hotelvilladelmar.com/ “No Server Found” error

 

Panchos Hotel http://www.panchoshotel.com/ This hotel is out of business.

 

 

http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/North_America/Mexico/States/Quintana_Roo/Localities/Playa_del_Carmen/Travel_and_Tourism/Lodging/Vacation_Rentals/

 

Casa Xiana http://www.casaxiana.com/ Out of business

 

Playa del Carmen Condo http://www.playacarmencondo.com/ “No Server found” error

 

http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/North_America/Mexico/States/Quintana_Roo/Localities/Playa_del_Carmen/Travel_and_Tourism/Travel_Guides/

 

Go2Playa http://sites.godaddy.com/sites.html “Site unavailable” error

 

 

http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/North_America/Mexico/States/Quintana_Roo/Localities/Playacar/Travel_and_Tourism/Lodging/

 

Playa Blue http://www.playablue.com/ “Server Not Found” error

 

 

http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/North_America/Mexico/States/Quintana_Roo/Localities/Tulum/Travel_and_Tourism/Lodging/

 

Retiro Maya http://www.retiromaya.com/ “Server Not Found” error

 

 

http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/North_America/Mexico/States/Quintana_Roo/Localities/Tulum/Travel_and_Tourism/Lodging/Resorts/

 

Robinsons Club Tulum http://www.robinsonclubtulum.com/ “Server Not Found” error

 

 

http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/North_America/Mexico/Regions/Yucatan_Peninsula/

 

The Last Cupuls http://www.cupules.com/ Blank page

 

 

http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/North_America/Mexico/States/Quintana_Roo/Localities/Cancun/Business_and_Economy/Restaurants_and_Bars/

 

Dining Guide http://cancun.diningguide.net/ redirects to http://cancun.diningguide.com/

 

 

http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/North_America/Mexico/States/Quintana_Roo/Localities/Cozumel/Business_and_Economy/

 

Sol Caribe Owners Group http://www.solcaribeowners.com/ under construction

 

http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/North_America/Mexico/States/Quintana_Roo/Localities/Playa_del_Carmen/Business_and_Economy/

 

Los Rancheros http://www.losrancherosplaya.com Domain expired

 

 

http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/North_America/Mexico/States/Yucatan/Localities/Merida/Travel_and_Tourism/Lodging/Hotels/

 

Best Western Hotel Maria del Carmen http://www.bestwestern.com.mx/ “Not authorized to view this page” error

 

 

http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/North_America/Mexico/States/Yucatan/Business_and_Economy/

 

Aloe Sol http://aloesol.com.mx/ “Not authorized to view this page” error

 

 

http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/North_America/Mexico/States/Yucatan/Localities/Merida/Business_and_Economy/Real_Estate/

 

Casona Colon Real Estate http://www.casonacolon.com/ site down

[lyndaew]

Cleaning up Mexico: dead links, etc...

 

An editor suggested that I post to this forum to report possible cases of "affiliate bookers", which I did in post #1228. I have not received a reply on that post. Has it been looked at by an editor and could someone please tell me if this is the type of thing that I should indeed report here? Because here are some more:

 

http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/North_America/Mexico/States/Quintana_Roo/Localities/Cancun/Travel_and_Tourism/Travel_Services/

 

Cancun Wired http://www.cancunwired.com/ Affiliate booker with http://www.travel-center.com

 

Cancun Airfare http://www.cancunairfare.com/ Mirror of http://www.funjet.com ???

 

Cancun Webs http://www.cancun-webs.com/ Affiliate booker with http://www.travel-center.com

 

Grupo Estilo Mexicanos http://www.cancunholidays.net/ Affiliate booker with http://www.travel-center.com

 

Viva-Cancun.com http://www.viva-cancun.com/ Affiliate booker with http://www.travel-center.com

[photofox]

#1252 is dealt with. Thanks

#1251 is also sorted. Thanks

[rudy]

Category: http://www.dmoz.org/Arts/Comics/Retailers/United_Kingdom/

 

Dead:

http://www.booksncomics.co.uk/ - Books 'n' Comics

 

Wrong Category:

http://www.thethirdplanet.com/ - Third Planet Comics & Games (store located in the U.S.)

 

Category: http://www.dmoz.org/Arts/Comics/Retailers/United_States/

 

Dead:

http://users.erols.com/alliancecomics/ - Alliance Comics

http://www.nvo.com/arealities/ - Alternate Realities

http://www.atticexplorers.com/ - Attic Explorers

http://www.awesome-comics.com/ - Awesome Comics

http://www.kerryscomicshoppe.com/ - Kerry's Comic Shoppe

 

Closed:

http://www107.pair.com/jpowers/clockwork/ - Clockwork Comics and Games

[photofox]

#1257 dealt with thanks.

[pyatachok]

Category: http://dmoz.org/Business/Information_Technology/Directories/ :

 

Jivalti Library http://library.jivalti.com -> http://library.jivalti.com/jivalti/ (Internal server error)

 

dead link:

Data Directory http://www.data-directory.com/

[pyatachok]

Category: http://dmoz.org/Business/Directories/

 

Dead links:

 

Business Web Sites http://eres.bus.umich.edu/docs/busweb.htm

 

The Gobal Registry http://www.theglobalregistry.com/

[bldarter]

Item 1255 is done. Thanks!

[jeanmanco]

#1220/1228 also investigated by the editor above.

[jeanmanco]

#1241 - It is not always a problem for a site to be listed in two categories, but I agree that there seems no particular necessity in this case. One listing removed.

[jeanmanco]

#1253 dealt with, thanks.

[jeanmanco]

#1259 and #1260 dealt with, thanks.

 

#1254 remains to be done. Otherwise we are up to date I think.

[rudy]

Category: http://www.dmoz.org/Arts/Comics/Conventions/

 

Dead:

http://hobbystar.com/comicexpo/ - Canadian National Comic Book Expo

http://www.lib.ohio-state.edu/OSU_profile/cgaweb/fca2001.htm - Festival of Cartoon Art

http://www.dreamscape.com/jsmiller/ICAF2001.htm - International Comic Arts Festival

 

Closed:

http://www.cutnpaste.va.com.au/ - CutnPaste - The Great Travelling Zine Show

http://www.fumetti.org/forum/default.htm - Fumettopolis per il Centro Nazionale del Fumetto

 

Category: http://www.dmoz.org/Arts/Comics/Reviews/

 

Redirected:

http://continuitypages.com/ The Continuity Pages redirected to => http://www.sequart.com/

 

Category: http://www.dmoz.org/Arts/Comics/Publishers/A/

 

Old:

http://members.aol.com/FemforceHQ/femfhq.htm - AC Comics current site is: http://www.accomics.com/

 

Closed:

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Academy/8204/ - Active Synapse

http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Station/1410/start.html - AKF Comics

 

Dead:

http://www.automne.claranet.fr/ - Automne 67

 

Category: http://www.dmoz.org/Arts/Comics/Publishers/B/

 

Old:

http://members.aol.com/sniper0011/index.html - Beta 3 Comics current site is: http://members.tripod.com/betathree/ (but has little content)

 

Under Constructions:

http://www.theblackdiamondeffect.com/ - Black Diamond Effect

 

Content:

http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Station/4224/ - Boudewyn Illustration Comics (doesn't appear to be a comic publisher)

 

Category: http://www.dmoz.org/Arts/Comics/Publishers/C/

 

Dead:

http://home.sprynet.com/sprynet/phantomr/cartoonf.htm - Cartoon Frolics

http://www.comicsconspiracy.com/ - Comics Conspiracy

http://members.aol.com/CQComics/ - CQ Comics Group

 

Content:

http://www.cartoonstock.com/other.asp?info=links - CartoonStock (doesn't appear to be a comic publisher)

 

Category: http://www.dmoz.org/Arts/Comics/Publishers/E/

 

Content:

http://www.lacupula.com/ - Ediciones La Cúpula (there's nothing really here)

 

Category: http://www.dmoz.org/Arts/Comics/Publishers/F/

 

Content:

http://www.focuscreations.com/ - Focus Creations (I have no idea what this site has to do with comics or publishing)

http://www.funkotron.com/ - Studio Funk-O-Tron (no longer a publisher, currently a comic studio)

 

Dead:

http://www.rancor.com/ - Four AM Comics

 

Category: http://www.dmoz.org/Arts/Comics/Publishers/H/

 

Closed:

http://www.highwaterbooks.com/ - Highwater Books

 

Category: http://www.dmoz.org/Arts/Comics/Publishers/I/

 

Closed:

http://www.ironcat.com/ - Ironcat Studios

 

Category: http://www.dmoz.org/Arts/Comics/Publishers/K/

 

Content:

http://hometown.aol.com/aarmswmpt/ - FantasEmail Magazine (company is called Killer Axe Comics, especially since it's filed under K - minimal content)

 

Category: http://www.dmoz.org/Arts/Comics/Publishers/M/

 

Content:

http://www.marveleurope.com/ - Marvel Europe (is actually part of Panini Publishing, http://www.paninipublishing.com/, and handle foreign versions of more than just Marvel)

http://www.mixxonline.com/ - Mixx Online (now shows Tokyopop website; Tokyopop was formerly known as Mixx)

 

Dead:

http://www.inetone.net/mavzpulp - Maverick Z Pulp Comix

 

Category: http://www.dmoz.org/Arts/Comics/Publishers/N/

 

Closed:

http://www.lava.net/~notalent/ - No Talent Comics

 

Category: http://www.dmoz.org/Arts/Comics/Publishers/R/

 

Old:

http://members.aol.com/radiocomix/ - Radio Comix Online current site is: http://www.radiocomix.com/

 

Category: http://www.dmoz.org/Arts/Comics/Publishers/S/

 

Dead:

http://www.diabolik.com/ - Scorpion Productions

http://www.angelfire.com/yt/sfc/index.html - ShaddowFish Comics

http://www.slab-o-concrete.demon.co.uk/ - Slab-O-Concrete

http://www.spider-monkey.8m.com/ - Spider Monkey Productions

 

Old:

http://users.erols.com/somedaze/wkcartun.html - Spungifeel Comics current site is: http://www.somedaze.com/

 

Category: http://www.dmoz.org/Arts/Comics/Publishers/T/

 

Content:

http://www.ray3dzone.com/ - 3-D Zone (doesn't appear to be a comic publisher)

http://tbpress.homestead.com/ - Teddy Bear Press (publish games not comics)

http://www.topps.com/ - Topps Home (no longer publish comics)

 

Category: http://www.dmoz.org/Arts/Comics/Publishers/V/

 

Closed:

http://www.angelfire.com/pa4/VORTEXKOMIX/ - VortexKomiX

[jeanmanco]

#1266 dealt with, thanks. (I found some replacement sites in the Conventions category.)

[rudy]

I noticed that, thanks. I appreciate your, and all the editors', vigilance in keeping the directory up to date.

[reather]

Society/Organizations/Nonprofit_Resources

 

http://dmoz.org/Society/Organizations/Nonprofit_Resources/

has a description containing: "Please do not submit your organization here unless your website's primary purpose is to support the administrative functioning of other groups. Do not submit any of the following into this category:"

 

With that in mind, tucked away under

http://dmoz.org/Society/Organizations/Nonprofit_Resources/Fundraising/Wholesale_Products/Food_and_Drink/Bottled_Water/

we have

 

http://amandahills.com/

which isn't exactly focussed on non-profit groups.

 

http://www.hansens.com/

the ODP description says "no selling involved", yet there's a prominent link to an online shop to buy the products... ? No mention of non-profit groups.

 

http://www.liquiddesigns.biz/

again, no mention of non-profit groups.

 

http://www.waterexplosion.com/

"...provides private label bottled water to a variety of industries including hospitality, corporate indentity and retail companies". Tacked on the end they mention non-profit groups, of course, but it's hardly their main focus.

[jeanmanco]

#1269 - I have alerted the category editors to your post. Some internal discussion may be needed on this one. In the meantime, thanks for pointing out what does seem to be a discrepancy.

[wjcampbe]

In http://www.dmoz.org/Shopping/Ethnic...thern/Egyptian/

 

I found these - both take me to the safeshopper URI

http://theegyptianpalace.com/ - Custom designed Egyptian decorative accents. Offering Egyptian pillows and wallpaper borders.

http://www.theegyptianpalace.safeshopper.com/ - Home decor and accessories featuring Egyptian designs.

[djdeeds]

#1271 done; thanks.

[windsong]

Dead Link

 

There is a dead link in the following directory:

 

http://dmoz.org/Shopping/Antiques_and_Collectibles/Varied_Merchandise/W/

 

The link is as follows:

 

http://www.webcases.com/

[wjcampbe]

Found these today in http://www.dmoz.org/Computers/Software/Accounting/Small_Business/

 

http://www.acnsof.com/ - Developer who has made available an accounting package for the smaller business.

// there is an inventory package available but no accounting package - don't think this site belongs here.

// but may belong here http://dmoz.org/Business/Management/Software/

 

 

http://www.aptiview.co.uk/- Developer of business management and accounting software solutions for small to medium sized businesses.

//Now focussed on web design - don't think this site belongs here

// but may belong here http://dmoz.org/Computers/Internet/Web_Design_and_Development/Designers/Full_Service/A/

 

http://www.bhis.co.uk/ Offers multi-module software specifically created for accountants and company secretaries. Includes demonstration downloads and video tutorials.

// Software is for annual returns data submission to Companies House - don't think this site belongs here.

// but may belong here http://dmoz.org/Computers/Software/Document_Imaging/Automated_Forms_Processing/

[Eric-the-Bun]

Category possibly could do with checking - all 3 entries

 

I was looking for Bhangra folk dance groups in this category

 

http://www.dmoz.org/Arts/Performing_Arts/Dance/Classical_Indian/Folk_Dancing/Bhangra/

 

and the 3 entries are all music and a bit odd

 

# Bhangra Zone - The phattest new Punjabi MP3 site on the net! All the latest Desi Bhangra. Free 4 download.

 

This displays a page with 'Bhangra Zone on' and nothing else. The description is a bit hyped?.

 

#Panj Daryya Da Bhangra - Pop, Remix, old Bhangra and songs in Punjabi. Features various Artists (Nusrat, Hans, Manak, Mehndi, Mann).

 

(Note several of the on-site links lead to other sites Home leads to another site). DMOZ search doesn't work but on Google Directory the site is listed

in the Top: Regional: Asia: India: Arts and Entertainment: Music but I can't find it in DMOZ.

 

# Queer in Your Ear - Review of the CD "What Is Bhangra?" and talk of MC Solar's music

 

Shouldn't these be listed under Music not dance?

 

Possibly a quick check on content may be appropriate

 

John